Awe and Wonder Podcast AAC & AT S5 E5 Vision: Marci Revelli

Marci Revelli is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) who has completed numerous AAC evaluations for kids with complex needs including vision. In this episode she talks about questions SLPs can ask families that give clues about the student's vision and shares stories of AAC evaluations with students who have low vision or CVI. Marci shares that pulling in all team members (especially family), taking AAC evaluations/trials slow, and trialing AAC systems in different settings with different people are key to finding the right AAC system for a child with low vision/CVI.

 

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

AAC By The Bay Conference at the Bridge School: https://www.bridgeschool.org/outreach/aac-by-the-bay/

Perkins AAC CVI course: https://www.perkins.org/course/augmentative-and-alternative-communication-aac-and-cortical-cerebral-visual-impairment-cvi/

Texas School for the Blind learning modules: https://www.tsbvi.edu/statewide-resources/professional-development/online-learning

College of Optometrists in Vision Development: https://www.covd.org/

Bridging Voice: https://bridgingvoice.org/

Seattle Children's Hospital AAC Evaluation: https://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics/augmentative-alternative-communication/